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PATENTED JAN. 26, 1904.

P., BISSING. HOSE PIPE FASTENER. APPLIOAT'ION FILED MAR. s. 190s.

N0 MODEL.

Patented January 26, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE..

FRITZ BISSING, OF KREUZLINGEN, SWITZERLAND.

HOSE-PIPE FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 750,340, `dated January26,1904.

Application i'lled March 3, 1903. Serial No. 146,110. (N model.)

To all whom t may concer/t:

Be it known that I, FRITZ BIssING, a citizen of the German Empire,residing at Kreuzlingen, Switzerland, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Hose-Pipe Fasteners, of which the following is adescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to thefigures of reference marked thereon.

The method hitherto employed for connecting hose-pipes on separate hosenozzles, sockets, pipes, or the like by means of bindingwire has variousdrawbacks. In twisting round the ends of the wire it easily breaks, andwhen the wire is pulled too tight it very easily cuts into the hose-pipein such a way as to do considerable damage and necessitate having to cutoff the ends of and`shortening the expensive hose-pipe.

This invention relates to an extremely simple means for obviating thesedrawbacks and for producing a tight fitting for a hose-pipe or the likeon hose-pipe couplings, pipes, or the like.

The device consists of a round yoke provided with threaded `bolts lyingdiametrically opposite one another. The jaws press `the elastichose-pipe in the direction of the screwbolts-that is to say, atdiametrically opposite places .against the pipe. The hose tends to bulgeout laterally at the places lying between, and thus presses itselfagainst the yoke, f1tting tightly on the hose-pipe, thereby producing'atight joint all round on the pipe and being retained thereon. Y

The object of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings inFigures 1 to 7.

Figs. l, 2, and 5 are various elevations of the hose-pipe fastening.Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of same. Fig. 6 shows the yoke alone,and Figs. 4 and 7 a yoke composed of two parts adapted to be turned backor opened for cases where the hose-pipe fastener for any reason cannotbe passed over the hoseand pipe in an axial direction.

A The hose-pipe fastener consists of a yoke l, formed in one piece, or ayoke l, consisting of two parts adapted to be opened or folded back, butfirmly attached to one another, and the yoke is provided with threadedbolts 2 at diametrically opposite places, Figs. 4, 6,- and 7; The yoke lor la is passed over a hose- `pipe 8 which has been ttedon a pipe 7, andby means of the nuts 3 jaws 4 are pressedv against the hose-pipe. Thesejaws are recessed in the center in order to give room for the yoke 1 andare provided at both sides with flaps or lugs 5, recessed semicircularlyor approximately so, the lugs being so constructed that their ends willnearly meet when the jaws are pressed together. Owing to the jaws 4being pressed on, the elastic hose-pipe tends to bulge out between thetwo jaws or lugs 5 and is thereby pressed firmly against the inner sidesof the yoke l at the places in question. The hose-pipe is consequentlypressed on the tube all round and forms a very tight joint on the tube,even under very high pressure. The tube may be made smooth or providedwith rings, as is usual in hose-couplings.

If the hose-pipe fastener can be drawn or passed axially over thehose-pipe, a yoke l, formed in one piece, suiiices; but for any reasonit is not possible to pass the fastener over the hose-pipe and itbecomes necessary to push the fastener radially over the pipe then theyoke l, formed of two parts hinged together and adapted to be foldedback or opened and which are held together at the hinge-point by meansof pins 6, splints, or the like, is preferably employed, Figs. 4 and 7.It is evident that instead of screw-bolts and nuts for pressing on thepress-jaws 4 in the ordinary manner wedges, eccentrics, cams, or thelike may be employed. Under certain circumstances it may also bepreferable to employ two hose-pipe fasteners side by side in order toproduce a tight joint between the hose pipe or tube on which it ismounted.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my saidinvention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare thatwhat I claim is- A hose-pipe fastener comprising a round yoke providedwith threaded bolts or the like arranged diametrically opposite oneanother which yoke is formed in separable sections to adapt it to beopened and passed laterally over the hose-pipe, and semicircular orapproximately semicircular jaws which are IOO pressed on the hose-pipeby means of said In testimony whereof IafiX my signature in bolts whichjaws press the elastic hose-pipe presence of two witnesses. rmly againstand laterally on both sides of the pipe both in proximity to the yokeand I FRITZ BISSING 5 also between the two jaws thereby insuring aWitnesses:

thoroughly tight joint between the hose-pipe A. B. DRANTZ,

and the pipe. R. STOERZBAOH.

